Proud of Turkish women

Turkey, though a Muslim country, is far more liberal than I expected, as you see women involved in every type of activity.

At least in Istanbul.

There, I  saw very few covered heads outside the mosques and even saw a few girls in really short shorts on the streets.

We supported their fund raising effort, buying bracelets with the Palestinian flag

The only real distinction I saw was in the mosques where the prayer section for females is not open and they have much smaller spaces for this.

     Modesty clad Indonesian Muslim women. That's how I had visualized Turks too😊

Clearly the type of reports you see about women in Muslim countries, does not prevail in Istanbul.

It was great too, to see that the majority of people active in Sultanahmet Square, in Istanbul, not only to publicly standing with and showing support for the people of Gaza where especially women and children are being massacred by the Israelis, but they were also raising funds to help feed them.

For as you know, a vast number of Palestinian women and children living in Gaza, are being starved to death too.

It's not too many places outside of university campuses, that you see every-day people showing concern about the terrible massacre occuring in Gaza.

 At this venue however, the dominant leaders were definitely ladies.

Later the women were joined by a formal group of men for what appeared to be speeches and some kind of concert.

Proud of them all.

I wish people all over the world would show some concern for the suffering of others, rather than just complaining about every little thing that affects us personally!